Swimming goggles

ABSTRACT

Swimming goggles comprise a lens frame unit including a frame body having lenses; a head strap assembled with the frame body and forming at least an embedding hole; and a decorating unit including an ornament and an embedding element disposed on the ornament, wherein the embedding element is assemble with the embedding hole; wherein the ornament could be made in accordance with any interesting patterns under requested or preference for providing the entertainment and bringing interesting emotions.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to swimming goggles, and particularly to swimming goggles providing the entertainment and having a simple structure with safety and steadiness in assembly.

2. Related Art

Swimming goggles have been developed with a few improvements in response to the demands on waterproofness, adjustability and comfort. There are, however, rarely remarkable improvements in the swimming goggles designed for entertainment purposes. For school-aged children, cultivating interest in things around them and promoting learning motivations by inspiration are both very important. Especially, if the children who are afraid of water could learn swimming by interests, it is believed that their learning potentials may be guided and inspired successfully.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide swimming goggles providing the entertainment and having a simple structure with safety and steadiness in assembly.

To achieve the above-mentioned objects, the swimming goggles comprise: a lens frame unit including a frame body having lenses; a head strap assembled with the frame body and forming at least an embedding hole; and a decorating unit including an ornament and an embedding element disposed on the ornament, wherein the embedding element is assemble with the embedding hole; wherein the ornament could be made in accordance with any interesting patterns under requested or preference for providing the entertainment and bringing interesting emotions.

In accordance with the present invention, the ornament is made in the pattern of a seal animal, a diamond, or jewelry, and a reinforcement pad is disposed on the outer periphery of the embedding hole, wherein the reinforcement pad could be integrally formed with the head strap to reinforce the grasp ability of the embedding hole and avoid a change in shape of the embedding hole caused by overstretch, as well as to increase the depth of the embedding hole for providing better embedding effect.

In accordance with the present invention, the decorating unit further comprises a retaining element, wherein the ornament has two opposite sides such that the embedding element is disposed on one side and the retaining element is disposed on the other side, and wherein the width of the retaining element is larger than that of the embedding hole, and when assembled, the retaining element is pushed from one side of the head strap through the embedding hole due to the flexibility of the head strap made of silicon rubber, and out of the other side of the head strap and then be fixed on the reinforcement pad around the embedding hole in order to prevent the decorating unit from dropping out of the embedding hole for providing the cushioning against overstretch of the head strap.

In accordance with the present invention, the head strap forms continuous curved peripheries on both upper and lower sides thereof for providing the cushioning against overstretch, and further, the head strap further forms a cushion portion having a shape of narrow trench, which would absorb the stretch force when the head strap is stretched, in order to prevent any embedded object from dropping out of the embedding hole for providing the cushioning against stretch.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of swimming goggles of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an assembly view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a back view of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a front view of FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along lines A-A of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view illustrating an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view taken along lines B-B of FIG. 7.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 8, swimming goggles 1 of the present invention include a lens frame unit 2, a connecting unit 3, a head strap 4 and a decorating unit 5, wherein the lens frame unit 2 includes a frame body 20 which is made of polycarbonate resin and includes a left lens frame 23 and a right lens frame 24. The left lens frame 23 and the right lens frame 24 respectively have lenses 230, 240, outer periphery surfaces 231, 241 and inner periphery surfaces 232, 242. The outer periphery surfaces 231, 241 respectively form dents 233, 243 on their lateral edges and a ledge 250 is formed on each of the dents 233, 243. Further, the inner periphery surfaces 232, 242 of the left and right lens frames 23, 24 respectively form channels 234, 244.

The frame body 20 is made of therma plastic rubber (TPR) and integrally composed of a left frame 21, a right frame 22 and a nose frame 22. The left and right frames 21, 22 respectively form receiving grooves 210, 220 for receiving the channels 234, 244. Furthermore, the left and right frames 21, 22 integrally form protective pads 211, 221 to give a comfortable feeling upon contact with wearer's face.

The connecting unit 3 is disposed between the lens frame unit 2 and the head strap 4. The connecting unit 3 has a base 30, of which one end forms a mounting hole 31 used for receiving the ledge 250 and the other end forms a pairs of shaft holes 32, 34, wherein the contour of the mounting hole 31 conforms to the ledge 250 with a non-round shape, an oval for example, to prevent the connecting unit 3 from rotating centered on the ledge 250 of the lens frame unit 2 to avoid unsteadiness in wearing so as to provide the safety and steadiness in assembly. Further, the pairs of shaft holes 32, 34 define a shaft 33 therebetween in the manner that the shaft 33 is allowed to rotate freely between the pairs of shaft holes 32, 34.

The head strap 4 is made of silicon rubber, of which one end forms a joint portion 41 having a hollow cylindrical shape in the manner that the hollow part has the same volume as the shaft 33 in order for the joint portion 41 to be firmly attached around the shaft 33 so that the joint portion 41 and the shaft 33 are allowed to be rotated simultaneously between the pairs of shaft holes 32, 34, by which the head strap 4 could be adjusted centered on the shaft 33 to match the wearer's head. Further, the head strap 4 forms guiding portion 42 at the end opposite to the joint portion 41 for assembling with a traditional buckle (not shown). The head strap 4 forms at least an embedding hole 400 between the joint portion 41 and the guiding portion 42, and a reinforcement pad 44 is disposed on the outer periphery of the embedding hole 400, wherein the reinforcement pad 44 could be integrally formed with the head strap 4 to reinforce the grasp ability of the embedding hole 400 and avoid a change in shape of the embedding hole 400 caused by overstretch, as well as to increase the depth of the embedding hole 400 for providing better embedding effect. Furthermore, the head strap 4 forms continuous curved peripheries on both upper and lower sides thereof for providing the cushioning against overstretch. The head strap 4 further forms a cushion portion 43 having a shape of narrow trench, which would absorb the stretch force when the head strap 4 is stretched in order to prevent any embedded object from dropping out of the embedding hole 400 for providing the cushioning against stretch.

The decorating unit 5, as shown in FIG. 8, comprises an embedding element 50, an ornament 51 and a retaining element 52, wherein the ornament 51 has two opposite sides such that the embedding element 50 is disposed on one side and the retaining element 52 is disposed on the other side, and wherein the width of the retaining element 52 is larger than that of the embedding hole 400. When assembled, the retaining element 52 could be easily pushed from one side of the head strap 4 through the embedding hole 400 due to the flexibility of the head strap 4 made of silicon rubber, and out of the other side of the head strap 4 and then be fixed on the reinforcement pad 44 around the embedding hole 400 in order to prevent the decorating unit 5 from dropping out of the embedding hole 400 for providing the cushioning against overstretch of the head strap 4. The ornament 51 could be made in accordance with any interesting patterns under requested or preference, such as the pattern of a seal animal, a diamond, jewelry and so on for providing the entertainment and bringing interesting emotions.

Referring to FIG. 7, swimming goggles 1 of the present invention are applied in a swimming race. A swimmer could be rewarded with a badge 500 (same as the decorating unit 5) each time according to the order which the swimmer arrives at the finish line. In this embodiment, the pattern of the badge 500 is made based on a sea animal, such as the badges made based on shark, dolphin and turtle offered to swimmers as rewards in terms of the place in competition. After given, the badge 500 could be embedded into the embedding hole 400 of the head strap 4 of each swimmer to show people, thereby providing the entertainment and thus bringing interesting emotions. However, the badge 500, as mentioned, could have any other interesting patterns thereon as well depending on the wearers, for example, a maturity female tends to choose a diamond or jewelry as her pattern rather than a sea animal.

Therefore, the swimming goggles of the present invention, providing not only the safety and steadiness in assembly but also the entertainment by its head strap, thereby being suitable especially for children; in addition, the structure of the swimming goggles having less components is so simple that its manufacturing cost could be reduced correspondingly.

It is understood that the invention may be embodied in other forms within the scope of the claims. Thus the present examples and embodiments are to be considered in all respects as illustrative, and not restrictive, of the invention defined by the claims. 

1. Swimming goggles, comprising: a lens frame unit including a frame body, a left lens frame and a right lens frame; a head strap assembled with the frame body and forming at least an embedding hole; a connecting unit disposed between the lens frame unit and the head strap; and a decorating unit including an ornament and an embedding element disposed on the ornament, the embedding element being assembled with the embedding hole; wherein the frame body is integrally composed of a left frame, a right frame and a nose frame, and the left lens frame and the right lens frame are disposed on the left frame and the right frame of the frame body, each of the left lens frame and the right lens frame having a lens, outer periphery surface and inner periphery surface, the outer periphery surface forming a dent on a lateral edge thereof, and a ledge being formed on the dent, and the inner periphery surface forming a channel wrapped by the left frame and the right frame, and each of the left and right frames integrally forms a protective pad to contact with a wearer; wherein the connecting unit has a base where one end forms a mounting hole to receive the ledge therein and the other end forms a pair of shaft holes, wherein the contour of the mounting hole conforms to the ledge, and further, a shaft utilized to combine the head strap is arranged between the pair of shaft holes and allowed to be freely rotated in the pair of shaft holes.
 2. The swimming goggles of claim 1, wherein the ornament is made in accordance with a pattern of a sea animal, or a diamond, or jewelry.
 3. The swimming goggles of claim 1, wherein a reinforcement pad is integrally formed with the head strap and is disposed on an outer periphery of the embedding hole to thicken the head strap and deepen the embedding hole.
 4. The swimming goggles of claim 1, wherein the decorating unit further comprises a retaining element, the ornament having two opposite sides where the embedding element is disposed on one side and the retaining element is disposed on the other side, wherein the width of the retaining element is larger than that of the embedding hole, and when assembled, the retaining element is pushed from one side of the head strap through the embedding hole due to the flexibility of the head strap made of silicon rubber, and out of the other side of the head strap to be fixed on the reinforcement pad around the embedding hole in order to prevent the decorating unit from dropping out of the embedding hole and to provide the cushioning against overstretch of the head strap. 5-6. (canceled)
 7. The swimming goggles of claim 1, wherein the head strap is made of silicon rubber, and one end of the head strap forms a joint portion having a hollow cylindrical shape so as to be firmly attached around the shaft and allow the joint portion and the shaft are relatively rotated between the pair of shaft holes.
 8. The swimming goggles of claim 1, wherein the contour of the mounting hole and the ledge is an oval shape to prevent the connecting unit from rotating centered on the ledge of the lens frame unit.
 9. The swimming goggles of claim 7, wherein the head strap further forms a cushion portion having a trench shape to absorb a force applied to the head strap when the head strap is stretched.
 10. The swimming goggles of claim 1, wherein the head strap forms continuous curved peripheries on both upper and lower sides thereof for providing the cushioning against overstretch. 